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Apple's newest MacBook Pro models now include touchscreen support, marking the company's first move into touch-enabled Mac laptops. The integration has been described as subtle, with the feature not fundamentally changing how the devices are used.
Fast Company's Shalene Gupta surveyed more than 100 women on balancing motherhood with career advancement, finding that even accomplished women in leadership roles struggle to maintain work-life balance. Many described relying on personal workarounds or 'hacks' they developed on their own to cope with workplace structures not designed with parenting responsibilities in mind.
Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures, writes in her Modern CEO newsletter that initiatives such as the Personal Brand Special Report and the Inc. 5000 draw on the publications' historical archives. She frames these projects as examples of how legacy content can be repurposed for current editorial work.
Fast Company featured an interview with a professional named Adeela, who said she takes pride in her work and wants to model for her family that ambition and busyness can coexist with love for one's job. The feature ties into Fast Company's M-suite, a private community for women managing leadership roles alongside motherhood.
Rati Sahi Levesque, in comments shared through Fast Company's M-Suite community for women leaders, argues that corporate America should let employees set their own work schedules rather than enforce rigid hours, provided the work gets done. The community, aimed at women balancing leadership and motherhood, is inviting new members to apply.
Alicia Noon, featured in Fast Company's M-suite community, describes how raising children has reshaped her approach to prioritization, teaching her to accept imperfection and let chaos coexist with joy. The M-suite is a private network for women balancing leadership roles, careers and motherhood, and is currently accepting applications.
A Fast Company opinion piece argues that employee well-being should be managed with the same rigor as other core business objectives, requiring a senior executive to take explicit ownership of it. The author, who earlier this year predicted 2026 could be a turning point for workplace well-being, says HR leaders must drive this cultural shift, citing low trust in HR departments as a key obstacle.
OpenAI has released a tool called Dots that goes beyond answering prompts, instead working out the steps needed to complete a task on a user's behalf. The move is part of a broader shift toward 'agentic' AI systems that act rather than merely respond.
AccuWeather has released new models, shared exclusively with Fast Company, projecting how a historically strong Super El Niño could shape winter weather patterns across the United States into 2026 and 2027. The forecasts cover a range of effects including heavy snowfall, flooding, and shifts in storm activity in different regions.
Richard Christiansen, founder of Flamingo Estate, spoke with Fast Company's Kc Ifeanyi about turning his Los Angeles home and garden into a brand covering food, fragrance, beauty, and ritual. He described how his personal fascination with nature evolved into a fast-growing business built around reconnecting people with everyday pleasures.
Fast Company introduced a new recognition initiative called Pacesetters, highlighting executives who are integrating AI and technology into customer experience design. A panel discussion moderated by Mansueto Ventures' Stephanie Mehta featured Amit Bajaj of Tata Consultancy Services, Fran Bell of The Home Depot, and Eugene Nikolavsky of Stellantis. The session, sponsored by TCS, addressed how companies can deploy AI to reduce friction while maintaining customer trust.
In a Modern CEO newsletter interview, eBay CEO Jamie Iannone described relying on constant customer feedback to generate ideas for the company. He also shared three questions he asked company leaders before accepting the CEO role.